Potential association between COVID-19 mortality and health-care resource availability

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
² Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: q.pan@erasmusmc.nl.

Yunpeng Ji et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;8(4):e480.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30068-1. Epub 2020 Feb 25.

¹ Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
² Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: q.pan@erasmusmc.nl.

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SARS-CoV-2 viral load in sputum correlates with risk of COVID-19 progression.
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The death rate for COVID-19 is positively associated with gross domestic products.
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COVID-19 mortality and health-care resources: Organization.
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